Religious Studies at Rice University

Every religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the religion program at Rice University stacks up to those at other schools.

Rice is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,643 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Religious Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Rice Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Religion
• Master’s Degree in Religion

Rice Religious Studies Rankings

The religion major at Rice is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Religious Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in religion, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Religion Student Demographics at Rice

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the religion majors at Rice University.

Rice Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of religion bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical religion bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% women. So female students are more repesented at Rice since its program graduates 31% more women than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in religion at Rice are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its religion bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rice University with a bachelor's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Rice Religious Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 86% of religion master's degrees went to men and 14% went to women.

In the religion master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 14% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rice University with a master's in religion.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Religious Studies

If you plan to be a religion major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Rice University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Religion/Religious Studies	23

Related Majors

• Philosophy

Careers That Religion Grads May Go Into

A degree in religion can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Rice University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Philosophy and Religion Professors	1,520	$87,240
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	510	$65,060

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Anatol Stefanowitsch under License

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